04.12.2015
SSL FINALS 2015 DAY 3
11 FINALISTS CONFIRMED
Eleven Star Sailor teams will decide the Star Sailors League Finals in Nassau tomorrow. Today, Principle Race Officer, Sharon Bourke, called off racing at 14,30 local time, but sailors were sent back in a couple of hours earlier when thunderstorms were forecast.
The deciding day of the SSL Finals will take place tomorrow, Saturday 5th of December, with two knock-out stages before the four remaining teams progress to the final.
All of the rounds tomorrow are one race knock outs.
The eleven finalists:
1 - Xavier Rohart Pierre-Alexis Ponsot (FRA) 20.00
2 - Diego Negri Sergio Lambertenghi (ITA) 26.00
3 - Mateusz Kusznierewicz Dominik Zycki (POL) 28.00
4 - Hamish Pepper Bruno Prada (NZL BRA) 32.00
5 - Jochen Schümann Ingo Borkowski (GER) 32.00
6 - Jean-Baptiste Bernaz Pascal Rambeau (FRA) 33.00
7 - George Szabo Edoardo Natucci (USA ITA) 34.00
8 - Paul Cayard Brian Sharp (USA) 48.00
9 - Tonci Stipanovic Massimo Canali (CRO ITA) 51.00
10 - Ian Williams Steve Mitchell (GBR) 52.00
11 - Johannes Polgar Markus Koy (GER) 53.00
Xavier Rohart Pierre-Alexis Ponsot won the qualifying stages and will get a bye for the Quarter Finals. The top six teams in the ten-boat Quarter-Final will progress to the Semi-Final to be joined by Rohart-Ponsot. The top four teams from then go through to the final.
All the action is freely available on the internet and continues tomorrow with Quarter Finals scheduled to start at 11.00 local time. With expert commentary from special studio guests. On the water, the latest in hi-tech camera technology, as well as Virtual Eye 3D Graphics, will provide thrilling viewing. Armchair sailors can also join the race with Virtual Regatta.
XAVIER ROHART
The Qualifications Round is over, so we are half way to our goal. We wanted to do well in the first part, and we have won it, so its perfect. With this format though, nothing is set, from tomorrow we all start at the same level, we have a small advantage compared to the others, but the exciting bit of this format is that anyone can win up until the last race: thats my goal.
For more information visit the official SSL website www.starsailors.com
SSL Finals 2015 - Nassau, Bahamas - Day 3
SSL FINALS DAY 3
STAR SAILORS LEAGUE (SSL)
From the initiative of some of the world's best sailors, the Star Sailors League (SSL), launched an international circuit of regattas in January 2013. This new league has been built on the existing circuit of over 220 International Star regattas around the world, using a unified world ranking, created based on
the ATP World Tour , established by tennis players in 1972. Drawing on this inspiration from tennis, the SSL also awards substantial prize money to the best-ranked sailors. In December 2015, the third edition of the SSL Finals will take place in Nassau, Bahamas.
By 2020, the objective of the SSL is to organize four Grand Slams and the SSL Finals every year. The annual SSL Finals is exclusive to the top athletes and the Grand Slams will offer fierce competition. In order to create a world ranking representative of the skills of each athlete and to balance the odds for each one of them, the Grand Slams will take place at venues known for different conditions:
"SSL LAKE GS" organized on a lake
"SSL BAY GS" organized in a sea bay
"SSL CITY GS" organized in an urban environment
"SSL BREEZE GS" organized on a windy area
In September 2015, the SSL organized the first Lake Grand Slam, on lake Neuchâtel in Switzerland, and was hosted by the Cercle de Voile de Grandson.
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